Neuromuscular training injury prevention strategies in youth sport: a systematic review and meta-analysis

@article{Emery2015NeuromuscularTI,
  title={Neuromuscular training injury prevention strategies in youth sport: a systematic review and meta-analysis},
  author={Carolyn A. Emery and Thierry-Olivier Roy and Jackie L. Whittaker and Alberto Nettel-Aguirre and Willem van Mechelen},
  journal={British Journal of Sports Medicine},
  year={2015},
  volume={49},
  pages={865 - 870}
}
Youth have very high participation and injury rates in sport. Sport is the leading cause of injury in youth. Sport injury reduces future participation in physical activity which adversely affects future health. Sport injury may lead to overweight/obesity and post-traumatic osteoarthritis. The objective of the systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the efficacy of injury prevention neuromuscular training strategies in youth sport. Three electronic databases were systematically… 
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